DepartmentalAssistant

### **Job Title:** Departmental Assistant ### **Department:** Economics ### **Job Description:** The Departmental Assistant provides clerical and administrative support to members of the Department of Economics, the Department of Business, and the Department of Politics and Law for both the undergraduate programs and the MS in Accounting program. **Job Qualifications:** * HS Diploma or GED required. * One year of administrative or clerical experience required OR bachelor’s degree required in lieu of experience. * Proficiency with MS Office required. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills required. * Demonstrated ability to multi-task and to work effectively and efficiently with faculty, staff, students, and off-campus professionals required. * Demonstrated ability to organize numerous projects, work with attention to detail, consistently meet deadlines, and exercise professional judgment required. * Demonstrated ability to work with sensitive and confidential information required **Job responsibilities include but may not be limited to:** * Provides administrative support for the business operations of all three departments. This includes managing the departmental budgets and inter-account transfers, processing check/reimbursement requests, invoices, payments and expense reports. * Establishes and maintains filing and record keeping system. Monitors, purchases and organizes office supplies. Oversees and participates in the design of an efficient shared workspace; processes computer requests and submits work orders as necessary. * Oversees hiring, trains, schedules and supervises student workers. Ensures the quality of their work before approving it. Provides leadership in maximizing office productivity. * Performs receptionist duties such as greeting visitors, answering inquiries, screening telephone calls, and routing incoming calls and mail. * Maintains stock of office supplies, including monitoring inventory and reordering as required. * Set up meeti